Originally Posted by
jandakotpilot
It's great for an instant rainstorm.
And a great waste of water. Any water not falling directly on the fire evaporates
very quickly in a firestorm - 60+knt winds, 40+ air temp, 15% or lower humidity - the water doesn't hang around long. As an ex-RFS volunteer I have direct experience of this.
We do need a mix - FW for before the fires get really going. But when the fire reaches my house, I think I'd prefer a daisy bucket overhead in the critical minutes than a FW "maybe" dumping the water on me or "maybe" the water landing a hundred feet away.
FW - thinking of some of the areas of NSW I have seen in the last few months - it would have to be able to retank from a dam - there just isn't any decent lengths of waterways left in many areas to scoop on the fly.